Schoolboy boasted about having sex with teaching assistant – saying it was ‘lads’ craic’

A SCHOOLBOY had sex with a teaching assistant then boasted about their relationship to his friends despite agreeing with her to keep it secret, he has told a court.

Literacy assistant Helen Louise Turnbull, 35, had sex with a schoolboy on three occasions in her Mini convertible, the prosecution at Teesside Crown Court has said.

The mother-of-two from Haswell, has pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust, but denies three other counts.

She has admitted kissing the boy but denied their relationship went further, and said she did not have sex with him or, on two separate occasions, perform sex acts on him.

The court has heard the literacy assistant, who was known at school as Miss Robson, groomed him by giving him sweets and cuddles, then embarked on an affair with him in secret meetings at an industrial estate.

The teenager has claimed that he agreed with Turnbull, known at school as Miss Robson, to keep the affair secret as it would wreck her marriage and career if news got out.